Wave-motor.



J. L. MATTHEWS.

WAVE MOTOR.

APPLIUATION nun MAY 7. 1909. 7 938,681 Patented Nov. 2; 1909;

SL 1 WITNESSES: INVTOR. 5F 7%. k 90% 6mg IINITE urns - JOHN LEVERING MATTHEWS, OF DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

WAVE-MOTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed an 7,

Patented Nov. 2,

1902. Serial in; 494,718.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN Lnvnnmc MAT- 'l'HEW-S, citizen ing at San Diego, in the county of. San Diego and State of California, have invented certaininew Wave-Motors: and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full,cleanandexact description of the invention. such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same;

This invention relates to wave motor apparatuses for use in connection with the motion of the tide and waves of the surf and has for .its object the provision of improved means for operating a plurality of pistons to force water to an elevated height sufficient to be used as power for driving turbines or ither machinery for the purpose of developing power to generate electricity or for other )urposes.

Further objects and advantages of the in- 'ention will be set forth in the detailed derription which now follows.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 s,a top plan view and Fig. 2 a vertical and 'ertional view on line .'\B Fig. l.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 1 esiguates the casing or cylinder constructed hell in which the piston worksback and orth in conjunction with frame 3 which is iade fast to the piston 2 and provided with ate 4, supported by braces 5 to frame 3, nd restingon wheels (3, that travels on rails all of which are intended to be forced back nd forth by the breakers or motion "of the arcs of the surf. The travel rear or outurd of the piston and frame is governed a stop 8 made fast to the rails on each The forward motion of the wave itended to be used to drive the piston forard which closes valve 10 and o ens valve The recoil or back motion 0 the wave intended to be. used to draw the frame mtaining the piston back. which provides cans for refilling the cylinder and which rces the water to a given elevation'through pc 12. It will of course, beunderstood of the United States, resid and useful Improvements in l that this machine isto placed near the under Water and that the kept constantlyin motion more and partly machine may be by the power of the surf. V

In addition to crating a device for lifting water to a given height, I desire to provide means for water wheels, turbines, and all machinery of like character by the use of water retained in artificial lakes oz" reservoirs, transmitted to sufiicient heightto furnish power to .opcrate said Wheels or turbines for. the purfpbse of generating electricit or other purposes for which power is needed. From the foregoing description it will be seen that; simple in provided for of the invention.

accomplishing the objects But while the elements shown and descrihcd-are Well adapted to serve the purpose for which theyUu'e n1- tended to be used; it is to be understood that the invention is not limited tothe precise construction set forth, but includes with its purview such changes as may be made within the scope of the appended claim. Having thus described my invention, what I claim isv In a device of the character described the combination with a cylinder provided with a lifting valve and discharge ipe, of a piston adapted to work inside 0 said cylinder having a valve arran ed to open and close freely with the motion of the surf, said piston being connected to a movable frame which is provided with wheels and a large plate in wing shape, which is adapted to resist the power of the surf and force the piston back and forth in the cylinder and stop to limit the movementof said frame.-

substantially as shown and for the purpose.

specifiech In testimony whereof, I affix my signature,

in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN LEVERING MATTHEWS.

Witnesses:

- 'Fnno M. KEENEY,

G. Connors.

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